Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
    2007

    Synopsis

    Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, Marlene Dietrich and others relate tales of the artistic freedom that led to the draconian Production Code, which governed content from 1934 to 1968. Diane Lane narrates.

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    Cast

    • Diane LaneNarrator (voice)
    • Chris BasingerSelf
    • Jeanine BasingerSelf
    • Cari BeauchampSelf
    • Leatrice Joy GilbertSelf
    • A.C. LylesSelf
    • Bob MitchellSelf
    • Barry ParisSelf
    • Maria RivaSelf
    • Michael SchlesingerSelf

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